Braves quotes after Saturday’s win against Mets

**FREDI GONZALEZ

“We swung the bats good. Nice to see Danny keep swinging good, and McCann had a nice day. Everybody, really. We were able to add on some runs late.”

On Medlen

“It’s a shame his outing got cut short by the hour and 15-minute rain delay. He did a nice job, and Avilan did a nice job picking up those two innings. It was a good win.”

“Medlen was good. You’re not going to take a chance running him out there after [long rain delay].”

On winning streak with Medlen

“It seems like the guys like to play behind him, for a lot of reasons. Seems like we talk about those reasons every fifth day.”

On back of bullpen not being available, Kimbrel and O’Flaherty getting a rest day

“In the seventh inning we had a five-run lead or a six-run lead and were trying to manufacture some runs, just because of that. You don’t have O’Flaherty, you don’t have Kimbrel. We were trying to keep adding runs because we didn’t have those guys.”

On getting offense today, not just all pitching

“This type of game, they’re not going to come very often. I’ve always said, I’d rather be a pitching and defensive team that playing slow-pitch softball. But it sure is nice every once in a while. This is what we’re capable of – not 11 runs, but we’re capable of four, five or six, giving our pitchers a little breather.”

Good signs from McCann and Uggla?

“It sure is. And I’ve been encouraged. I keep telling you guys, I think sometimes you think I’m crazy, but I’ve been encouraged. We’re such a results-oriented society that if it’s not 2-for-4 or 3-for-4, people look at you like your crazy. But the at-bats have been good for Mac, and Danny’s at-bats have been better. Now they’re getting results.”

**KRIS MEDLEN

On his outing

“Rain-shortened definitely sucks. You’ve still got some more in the tank. I definitely wasn’t as crisp as I was in the past however many starts. But six innings, two runs, you can’t really argue with that. Everything felt pretty good when I needed it, and the offense scores that many runs, you get pretty excited and want to go out there and keep getting them back in the dugout.”

On McCann and Uggla coming around

“You take it a day at a time. You don’t get too excited, because he could go 0-for-5 or 0-for-7 in an extra-inning game tomorrow. Both had great days. I know Mac – I was hoping for a triple just so I could see him leg it out.” [laughter]

“But it’s great to see. They’re two huge guys in our lineup, and we need them. We need them to win. So it’s definitely awesome to see.”

On his RBI double

“I have been scuffling, it’s safe to say, at the plate. So I just kind of wanted to simplify and make contact. It was a curveball down the middle, probably the only pitch I could hit. I just put a good swing on it. I think the wind might have done some weird stuff with it, too. But I’ll take it.”

On the team winning streak in his starts

“Like I said, I just try to simplify, try to be aggressive. I wasn’t as crisp. I had a couple of walks or whatever, but they felt terrible, not like I was just [barely] missing. I pulled some [pitches]. It’s not like I only threw two bad pitches, but the two that were hit was a curveball that hung up to Duda and a change-up to Cedeno that all pitchers know, when you’re in the middle of your wind-up, that, oh, this is going to be bad.”

On team winning four in a row and six of past seven

“It’s awesome. There was a lot of talk before about us scuffling or struggling, and it was like three or four games in a row. It’s good. You just take it a day at a time. Be happy about this one, but in less than 12 hours from now or something, we’ll be back playing a baseball game. Gotta enjoy it tonight and take it to them tomorrow.”

On Mets being the last team to score an earned run against him (Aug. 11) before today

“It looked like they were looking for different stuff today and they were trying to make adjustments since the last time I faced them. I knew the last [earned run] I gave up was against them. They’ve got some scrappy guys in their lineup, and some other guys who can do some damage. So you just kind of attack each guy differently and kind of mix it up. Like I said, I saw them making some adjustments and I had to try to do the same.”

**BRIAN McCANN

On his four-hit, four-RBI game

“It felt like it was the first time in a while that I actually made an impact on the game, so it felt good.”

On Fredi saying last week he thought you were closer than you thought to getting your swing back

“I mean, it’s just a fine line with me. Once I got the second shot, it calmed it down a lot more to where I feel like I can do more with the bat and hit the proper way and I’m hoping to continue and keep it going.”

Does a game like this also help you mentally, a confidence boost?

“It’s huge. It’s been a rough year for sure. I’m hoping to help this team down the stretch, and into the postseason.”

On week the team’s had, winning a lot of games without offense, scoring big today

“It’s been a great week. I thought we played great. When we haven’t hit well with runners in scoring position, we’ve had our pitchers pick us up. For me it doesn’t matter how you do it, it’s just getting it done. Because it’s a 162-game season and you’re going to go through stretches like that. It just happens that it’s in September and people want to make it more of a big deal that it really is. But yeah, our pitchers picked us up. And there’s been times over the season where our offense has picked up our pitching. We have a complete team here.”

On Medlen and Braves pitching

“We’re throwing someone out there who gives us a chance to win, every single night. It’s a luxury to have. This game’s won on pitching. And then you put our bullpen in the mix, probably the best bullpen in the game. We have a complete team here. We have speed, we have power, we have great pitching, and we’ve just got to keep winning ballgames.”

On Uggla warming up at plate

“He’s looking really good. And he’s the type of player that can ride this thing out and put us on his back for the rest of the season. We’ve seen him do it many, many times. And you get him clicking and myself clicking, we’re going to be a tough team to beat.”